Last month, Action News informed Mark Spain, Paige Kelton, Tera Barz, Mike Barz and Lynnsey Gardner that their contracts will not be renewed. Neither the stations nor Cox Media would comment on the reasons.

Bachman joined WSB-TV in 2007 as a reporter and weekend anchor. He moved to co-anchor of its 4 p.m. newscast in 2011. He’s a graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota.

All he will do is shine his pearly whites, joke about the weather during forecast intros and read the teleprompter. That's all "journalists" do now is read what's in front of them and deliver the prescribed lines all while professing to "care" about the people of this community.